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Newfoundland detects 9th case of COVID-19, provides new support for parents and students

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Newfoundland and Labrador is intensifying its social distancing protocols as public health officials announce its ninth case of COVID-19.

On Sunday, Dr. Janice Fitzgerald, chief medical officer of health, confirmed two of the three new cases are travel-related, and the other is still under investigation.

All of the cases have been detected in women in the Eastern Health Region. “This is not unexpected,” said Fitzgerald. “We are doing more testing, we are actively looking for contacts — finding new cases means our public health system is working as it should. “I want to stress this does not mean the measures we have put in place are not working.” The nine cases include six presumptive and nine confirmed diagnoses.

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